Hook-hanger



(No Model.)

G. T. REDPIELD. HOOK HANGER.

No. 583,815. Patented June 1, 1897.

I Giza/r166 By UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES T. REDFIELD, OF GLEN HAVEN, NEW YORK.

HOOK-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 583,815, dated June 1, 1897.

I Application filed June 11, 1896. Serial No. 595,212. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. REDEIELD, residing at Glen Haven, in the county of Cayuga and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hook- Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in hooks for hats or coats or other garments, and is especially adapted for embodiment in that class of such hooks which are usually bent from suitable wire; and the invention consists in the special construction of the hook and in the combination thereof with its supporting-strip.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention as in use. Fig. 2 is a detail cross-section on about line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the supportingstrip, the hanger being shown in full lines with its prongs bearing against but not entering the strip.

In the construction shown the hook is bent from wire and has the upper suspending-hook A, the lower suspending-hook B, the intermediate bowed portion C, the arms a and b, projecting rearwardly from the hooks A and B, the opposite wings A and B, extending inward from the ends of the arms a and b toward each other, and the spurs or prongs A and B turned forward from the ends of said wings A and B in position to enter the strip D.

The spurs A and B are arranged to enter the rear face of the strip D and to be forced into said strip by a hammer or as the latter is driven against its support E, to which it may be held by screws F or in other suitable manner. The strip D is made of a size to fit between the arms a and b at its edges and between the spurs A and B and the bowed portion 0 and be held in such position by the tension'of the wire hook, so the hook Will be self-retaining on the strip l) as against accidental displacement. This permits of the placing of the hooks in any desired number and position on the strip D, so they may be secured to said strip as the latter is driven against the wall or other support.

When the strip is secured to its support, as best shown in Fig. 2, it will be seen that the spurs A and B are firmly embedded in the said strip, and the hook is thus held firmly to the strip by both its upper and lower arms.

It is manifest that the spurs need not be of any great length, as the slightest engagement thereof with the wooden strip in the manner shown will serve to hold the hook, because the spurs are held in such engagement by the fastenings which hold the strip to its support.

In practice the hooks may be cheaply made and maybe nickeled, gilded, or otherwise finished for fine work, in Whichcase the strip may also be finished in any desired manner.

In practice it may be preferred in some instances to form the strip D with a longitudinal hollow or groove cl and form it to receive the bowed portion 0 of the hook, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- I out, is-

1. A hanger-hook substantially as described having the rearwardly-extended arms provided with the opposite inwardly-projecti-ng wings having the forwardly-projected portions by which to enter the rear side of a supporting-strip, substantially as described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, the bent wire hook herein described bent to form the upper and lower suspending-hooks, the intermediate bowed portion and provided with the rearwardly-extended arms, the wings extended inward from said arms, and the spurs or prongs turned forward from the ends of said wings, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of the strip, the hook having upper and lower arms extending above and below said strip and provided with wings extended inward from said arms along the rear side of said strip and having forwardlyprojected points or spurs entering the rear face of said strips, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES T. REDFIELD.

Witnesses:

PERRY B. TURPIN, SOLON O. KEMON. 

